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Bladder Dysfunction in Children

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Pediatric Nephrology

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Although the molecular biology of bladder development is still the subject of research, some basic developmental phases of bladder embryology are known. The bladder starts to develop in the fourth week of gestation and probably represents the fusion of two different structures. The first is the urogenital sinus, the anterior portion of the cloaca, which is contiguous with the allantois derived from endoderm. The second is the caudal end of the mesonephric duct, the common excretory duct derived from intermediate mesoderm, which joins with the urogenital sinus on the 24th day of gestation and proceeds to differentiate into the trigone, posterior bladder neck and posterior proximal urethra.

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  1. Michael E. Mitchell MD
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA

    Ellis Avner (Director, Children's Research Institute, CHHS, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology) (Director, Children's Research Institute, CHHS, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA

    William Harmon (Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Nephrology) (Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Nephrology)

  3. Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Hôpital Necker‐Enfants Malades, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Patrick Niaudet

  4. Department of Pediatrics Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, 641–8510811–1, Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Japan

    Norishige Yoshikawa (Professor and Chair Pediatrician‐in‐Chief) (Professor and Chair Pediatrician‐in‐Chief)

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Mitchell, M.E., Balcom, A.H. (2009). Bladder Dysfunction in Children. In: Avner, E., Harmon, W., Niaudet, P., Yoshikawa, N. (eds) Pediatric Nephrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76341-3_57

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